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A Military Nursing Career: CAPT Andrea Petrovanie-Green

Minority Nurse

Military nursing is a career path that offers professional opportunities, a sense of family, and a commitment to meaningful service. Military nurses are especially proud of their profession on Veteran’s Day. ” Her path to a military nursing career began with those embedded principles.

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Texas Army Nurse Prepares for Next Chapter in Leadership with MSN

Post University

I was waiting tables because there were no other job opportunities in my profession close to home, but my stepfather was the one to tell me I needed to get back into the military, she recalls. She earned a promotion to Sergeant First Class and then to transportation warrant officer.

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MSN – Case Management Specialization Graduate Returns to Post University for a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Degree

Post University

I wanted to gain a competitive edge in my career so that I could move into management, and I felt the military would give me that experience, Debra says. Eventually, Debra decided to earn a Master of Human Relations at Oklahoma University, which the military offered abroad while she was deployed in Germany.

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These Nursing Associations Connect You to Fellow Pros and Valuable Resources

Nurse.com

Representing assisted living RNs, licensed practical nurses, and licensed vocational nurses, the AALNA works to promote safe, effective, and dignified nursing practice in assisted living, in an era when the number of older adults needing this type of care is increasing. The AACN promotes lifelong learning and professional growth.

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A Nurse Making a Difference: Nurse Alice Benjamin

Daily Nurse

And to do that, we need to swing the pendulum and focus on preventative care, health promotion, disease identification, and early intervention because we want to keep people outside the hospital. When he was in the military, he began smoking cigarettes because they would say to smoke them if you got him. I wanted to be an accountant.

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A Nurse Making a Difference: Nurse Alice Benjamin

Minority Nurse

And to do that, we need to swing the pendulum and focus on preventative care, health promotion, disease identification, and early intervention because we want to keep people outside the hospital. When he was in the military, he began smoking cigarettes because they would say to smoke them if you got him. I wanted to be an accountant.

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100 Men in Nursing – amazing male nurses, midwives and students

The Nurse Break

I have been nursing for approximately 44 years now and have recently retired from clinical practice, but continue to do some teaching. Historically it was female populated because of its origins – Florence, the military etc and it was always hierarchical, with nurses lower down the ladder. Contemporary nursing has evolved.